End-wall ignition of methane-air mixtures under the effects of CO2/Ar/N2 fluidic jets

B Zhang, X Chang, C Bai - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Methane is a fuel with wide applications in daily life and industrial production, mainly due to
its suitable performance in producing more heat per mass and less carbon dioxide per unit …

Impacts of turbulence on explosion characteristics of methane-air mixtures with different fuel concentration

C Bai, X Chang, B Zhang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
To study the effects of turbulence on the typical explosion characteristics (the maximum
explosion pressure p max, the explosion duration time τ e, the maximum rate of pressure …

Experimental study on the effects of different fluidic jets on the acceleration of deflagration prior its transition to detonation

J Cheng, B Zhang, H Liu, F Wang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluidic jet-in-crossflow (JICF) is a reliable technique facilitating the flame acceleration and
the transition from deflagration to detonation, most previous investigations on this project …

The effects of pre-ignition turbulence by gas jets on the explosion behavior of methane-oxygen mixtures

X Chang, B Zhang, HD Ng, C Bai - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Most of the previous studies investigating explosion characteristics of combustible mixtures
were performed at quiescent state. However, in realistic accidental explosion scenarios, the …

Relationship of flame propagation and combustion mode transition of end-gas based on pressure wave in confined space

X Zhang, H Wei, L Zhou, X Cai, R Deiterding - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
The main objective of this work is to identify the end-gas combustion mode transition under
different initial thermodynamic conditions and to focus on the role of pressure waves in …

Effects of double-jet positions on detonation initiation characteristics

Z Wang, Z Pan, J Huang, L Wei, Y Wang… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to initiate the detonation waves efficiently, the ignition method of two jets was
proposed and utilized to initiate the mixture of H 2/Air in a detonation chamber. The …

A model for the trajectory of the transverse detonation resulting from re-initiation of a diffracted detonation

XQ Yuan, XC Mi, HD Ng, J Zhou - Shock Waves, 2020 - Springer
A semi-analytical model is presented for predicting the trajectory of the transverse
detonation during the re-initiation process of a diffracted cellular detonation wave from a …

Diffraction of cellular detonation wave over a cylindrical convex wall

X Yuan, J Zhou, S Liu, Z Lin - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were performed to study diffraction of a cellular detonation wave over
a 90∘ cylindrical convex wall. The dynamics of this diffraction phenomenon was described …

Experimental study of low‐concentration gas explosion in large‐scale pipeline

L Li, Z Zhang, P Liu, K Wang… - Energy Science & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐concentration gas is one of the most realistic and reliable supplementary or alternative
energy sources of conventional natural gas, which has a wide range of applications …